Art Curriculum

Grade: K  |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8

Kindergarten
Primary  and secondary colors
Manipulate paper in many ways
Visible aspects in artwork
Basic shapes
Types of lines
Variety of media: tempera, watercolors, markers, crayons, oil pastels
Elements of art

Grade 1
Warm and cool colors
Movement in a work of art
Value using lights and darks, tints and shades
Communicate through artwork
Styles and artists that create them
Elements of art using line, shape, color form, space, value, texture
Principles of art

Grade 2
Artist styles
Art based on styles
Types of lines
Lines to create texture
Craftsmanship when cutting and pasting
Foreground, middle ground, and background
Principles of art

Grade 3
Communicate through art
Styles of art
Body proportions
Difference between 2-D and 3-D work
Organic and geometric shapes and being able to draw
Color mixing
Warm, cool, secondary, and primary colors
Elements of art
Principles of art

Grade 4
Vocabulary for discussion of artwork
Color theory
Mix colors using primary colors
Printmaking
Art of other cultures
Elements of art
Principles of art

Grade 5
Communicate through artwork
Art of realism
Impressionism painting
Art of other cultures
Value with pencil, color pencil, and paint
Tints and shades
Exposure to variety of mediums
Elements of art
Principles of art

Grade 6
Communicate through artwork
Positive and negative space
Elements of art used in artworks
Principles of art used in artworks
Contour line drawings
Elements of art
Principles of art

Grade 7
Create artwork based on self expression
Calligraphy
Visual reference drawings
Proportions
Canvas paintings using color mixing
Op-Art
Elements of art
Principles of art
Artwork using and identifying elements and principles used

Grade 8
Commercial art design
Still life drawing based on proportions
Canvas painting
Visual reference drawings
Medieval art
Formal steps for critiquing artwork
Artwork based on researched artists
Principles of art